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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A helicopter sits on the flight deck of a ship at night, as red, green and white lights emit from the back; the silhouette of a person wearing a helmet stands in the foreground.

Night Hawk

A UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to the Army's 16th Combat Aviation Brigade prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS Ashland during deck-landing qualifications for Exercise Cobra Gold 26 in the Gulf of Thailand, Feb. 24, 2026.

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